Judge President Dustan Mlambo has on Wednesday ordered President Jacob Zuma to personally pay the costs of his failed attempt to stop the release of State of Capture report.
Opposition parties had applied to Pretoria High Court that Zuma pay personal costs for his first abandoned attempt to stop the release of the Public Protector’s report.
Mlambo said: “It was unreasonable for the president to continue with his stance that the report was not final, and unreasonable not to seek clarification from the Public Protector.”
He says Zuma acted in flagrant disregard for the duties of the Public Protector.